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Irby Construction accomplished the greatest feat in its company history earlier this year

when it delivered 34 miles of linear transmission in under three months.

By Janice Hoppe-Spiers, Knighthouse Media

Hurricane Michael was the fourth-strongest landfalling hurricane in the United States and was the first Category 5 hurricane on record to impact the Florida Panhandle. It made landfall near Mexico Beach, Fla., on Oct. 10, 2018 with top sustained winds of 155 miles per hour, causing an estimated $25 billion in damages.

Galaxy Builders has remained one of Texas’ leading general contracting firms over the past 27 years because of its dedication to customer service that keeps clients coming back time and again. “We recognize construction is a service-based industry,” President Neilesh Verma says. “We always keep the client and subcontractor relationship as our first priority and we are always working internally towards making ourselves better each day.”

Kaiser Premierformed in 2017 with the goal of expanding its existing portfolio of hydro-excavators and establishing a leadership position in the United States market for sewer recycling vehicles that are equipped with Kaiser AG technology. “Kaiser AG is the leader in commercial sewer-cleaning technology with multiple operations in Europe,” Kaiser Premier President and CEO Dan Weber says.

As it forges into the future, Grip-Tite Manufacturing Co.’s changing leadership is breathing new life into the company. Since 1921, the Winterset, Iowa-based company has been known as a leading provider of earth anchoring and foundation repair products.

When time is of the essence, Earth Contact Products (ECP) says clients can count on it to provide the highest-quality products and support. This simple idea has been ECP’s commitment since it was established in 1998, and it continues to hold true now that it has become one of the largest manufacturers of helical anchors, steel piers and waterproofing products in the world. ECP is the leader in pursuing innovation, and ECP’s steel push piers are a strong example of its dedication to excellence. From its family of foundation underpinning products to its concentric and eccentric steel resistance piers, ECP takes pride in providing products that are designed and engineered to perform.

There is an old saying in project management that the faster you recognize a risk the less it will cost, and the faster you recognize a benefit the more you can profit. Earned Value Management (EVM) was developed in the 1960s to allow construction companies to do just that, but the method has only just begun to gain momentum in the industry as the software to capture the necessary data has become more prevalent.

Without a doubt, the digital transformation of the construction industry is not going away. Some innovators and industry leaders have fully committed themselves to it, while the vast majority of the market is engaged in some type of digital transformation in one way or another.

Whether a business is in commercial or residential construction, industrial, utility T&D, solar, or oil and gas pipeline markets, those companies need products that are designed and engineered to perform. Earth Contact Products (ECP) understands this very well, and with its dedication to find solutions, it has become the leader in the foundation industry and one of the largest suppliers of steel piers and helical anchors in the United States.

As the construction industry becomes more cognizant about sustainability and green design, architects and structural engineers face daunting challenges: design a building that is energy-efficient, can offer savings and have less obstacles during construction, and yet over the life of the building continue to meet, if not exceed, environmental and energy standards.